The Morning Journal
Intoxicated mother lets kids drink alcohol, too
A highly intoxicated mother of two was arrested for allowing her 12-year-old twins and 13-year-old younger brother to drink alcohol, according to a Lorain police report. Stacy Galvan, 32, was at her 2552 Elyria Ave., Lorain, apartment around 8:58 p.m. Christmas Eve when police heard a loud argument coming from one of the apartments. Galvan was arguing with her 12-year-old twin son and daughter. When police arrived, Galvan’s voice was slurred, and she was moving unsteadily. She then told officers she was intoxicated and had let her children drink and they, too, were intoxicated, the report stated. She added she could no longer handle them and said they are the reason she is an alcoholic. Officers heard a voice crying in the next room and found Galvan’s 13-year-old brother laying in a puddle of vomit. He was fading in and out of consciousness, the report stated. Galvan’s children told police Galvan has temporary custody of them and was watching them and her brother while drinking all evening. She then started giving them alcohol. The twins said they each only had one drink, but said Galvan’s brother kept drinking. The brother was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for alcohol poisoning. The twins’ grandmother was called and took custody of them. After being arrested, Galvan vomited in the rear of a police cruiser and later urinated on herself at the police station. She was charged with three counts of endangering children and was taken to Lorain County Jail.
